procuro

prō-cūro (the first o scanned short, Tib. 1, 5, 13; Ov. A. A. 1, 587), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n., to take care of, attend to, look after any thing.

I.

In gen. (class.; syn.: curam gero).

(α).

Act.:

nunc tu te interim, quasi pro puerperā, hic procuras,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 59:

pueros,

id. Poen. prol. 28; cf.:

nunc puero utere et procura,

id. Truc. 4, 4, 25:

hic sunt trecenti nummi... hinc me procura,

id. Poen. 3, 4, 5:

corpora,

Verg. A. 9, 158:

sacrificia,

Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

sacra,

Nep. Them. 2, 8:

arbores,

Cato, R. R. 43:

semina,

Pall. 7, 9:

plantas,

id. 12, 7, 11.—

(β).

Neutr., with dat., to look after, care for (ante- and post-class.):

bene procuras mihi,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 37:

victui potuique,

Arn. 3, 115.—

II.

In partic., to take care of, to manage one's affairs (class.).

A.

Act.:

procurat negotia Dionysii,

Cic. Fam. 12, 24, 3:

hereditatem,

id. Att. 6, 9, 2.—Hence, of religious acts, to avert or expiate (evil omens) by sacrifice (cf.:

expio, lustro): monstra,

Cic. Div. 1, 2, 3:

procurare atque expiare signa, quae a diis hominibus portenduntur,

id. ib. 2, 63, 130; Liv. 1, 21; 5, 18; 27, 37:

ostentum,

Phaedr. 3, 3, 16:

fulgur,

Suet. Galb. 4:

sacrificio ostentorum ac fulgurum denuntiationes procurantur,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 1.—

B.

Neutr., to hold a charge or administration, to be procurator:

cum procuraret in Hispaniā,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 17:

procurante Pontio Pilato Judaeam,

Vulg. Luc. 3, 1; Dig. 29, 2, 86.—With dat. of person (post-class.):

procurare patri,

to act as agent for, Dig. 32, 1, 34, § 1; 27, 1, 44.— With dat. of thing:

operibus publicis,

Dig. 43, 8, 2.—Of religious acts, to make expiation or atonement: VT CONSVL HOSTIIS MAIORIBVS IOVI ET MARTI PROCVRARET, S. C. ap. Gell. 4, 6, 2.—With ne:

ipse procuravi, ne possent saeva nocere Somnia, ter sancta deveneranda mola,

Tib. 1, 5, 13.— Impers. pass.:

simul procuratum est, quod tripedem mulum Reate natum nuntiatum erat,

Liv. 40, 2.